Not sure if anybody has posted this(somebody *may* have posted this
before) but I am going ahead. This is also from "The History of Cricket",
by Trevor Bailey. It is the obituary that started the ashes!
I N A F F E C T I O N A T E R E M E M B R A N C E
O F
E N G L I S H C R I C K E T
WHICH DIED AT THE OVAL
O N
29th August 1882,
Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
friends and acquaintances.
R. I. P.
N.B -- The body will be cremated, and the ashes
taken to Australia.
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Take care,
Mayank [ Hoping for a Summer of good cricket ] Gour.
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